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about the desired result; but, in any event, it is always 

 safest not to delay requisitioning professional advice for 

 long. The trouble may arise from several causes besides 

 that mentioned above, and an immediate operation may 

 be necessary. 



URINE, INCONTINENCE OF, may be brought 

 about by the indiscriminate use of diuretics, either 

 directly as medicine intended to act on the kidneys, or 

 unwittinglv in the form of condition balls or powders, 

 most of which contain ingredients which have an irritat- 

 ing effect on those organs. Mow-burnt, or mouldy, hay, 

 and kiln-dried oats are also likely to set up the mischief. 

 In addition to the frequent passing of water, the horse 

 will display an inordinate thirst, and will neglect his 

 food if this is not freely gratified. Tlie digestive organs 

 are impaired and the bowels inactive. The strength 

 rapidly decreases, so that even slight exercise results in 

 sweating. Where the trouble can be traced to bad 

 forage the remedy is, of course, clear; but, in any 

 event, a change of diet is desirable. Linseed tea should 

 be offered instead of water, but if the horse refuses this 

 he should be watered from, a river or a clean pond ; 

 while one drachm of iodide of iron every day for a week 

 will have a beneficial effect. 



WOUNDS may be either incised (clean cut), punctured 

 (stabbed), cr lacerated (torn). The seriousness of a 



